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Investigator says pilot impaired by fumes in Sydney crash

by Associated Press
| July 3, 2020 5:27 AM

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A seaplane pilot was impaired by carbon monoxide fumes from engine exhaust when he flew off course and crashed into a river near Sydney in 2017 with the loss of six lives, a crash investigator said Friday.

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